by REM Editorial Team | Sep 18, 2026 | News
Canada’s housing starts continued to trend lower in August, even as the monthly pace of new construction remained essentially unchanged. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) said the six-month trend in housing starts fell 1.3 per cent from July to 244,149...
by REM Editorial Team | Feb 17, 2026 | News
Canada’s residential construction sector opened the year on a softer footing, with new data from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) pointing to a continued slowdown in homebuilding activity and little indication of a rebound anytime soon. The national housing...
by REM Editorial Team | Jan 16, 2026 | News
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) says housing starts in 2025 rose 5.6 per cent compared with 2024, largely on the back of new rental housing. The federal housing agency says starts totalled 259,028 last year, up from 245,367 a year earlier. Canada’s six...
by Courtney Zwicker | Dec 4, 2025 | News
A new report paints a dark picture of the state of the real estate construction sector, as the steep decline of new home starts in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) makes construction jobs evaporate. The analysis conducted by the...
by REM Editorial Team | Sep 17, 2025 | News
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) says the pace of housing starts in August declined 16 per cent month-over-month. CMHC’s monthly report released Tuesday says the seasonally adjusted annual rate of housing starts came in at 245,791 units in August, down from...
